Evaluation Of The Effect Of Chronic Heavy Smoking By Pulmonary Function Test
Journal Title: International Journal of Basic and Applied Physiology - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Pulmonary functions are significantly affected by the chronic smoking. Study has done to investigate relationships between heavy cigarette smoking ( 20 cigarettes/bidis per day) and pulmonary function in Adult men. Objective is to find out If Chronic heavy smoking start affecting the lung functions as early 5 years of habit. Method: A cross sectional study on 112 individuals , selected randomly from general population of Ahmedabad city was performed. A thourough history analysis (Height, Weight, BMI), Physical examinations Spirometry were done on all indivudials after explaining them procedure and taking their cosent. Parameters measured by the spirometer were FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC, PEFR, MEF75, MEF50, MEF25, VC. Result: Among the measured parameters of PFT, smokers have significantly decreased values(p<0.05) of FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC & PEFR. Conclusion: Chronic heavy smoking leads to significant decrease in pulmonary functions in smokers group, and It can be concluded that chronic smoking affects the health of the individuals. Therefore, smoking habit should be avoided for better health.
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Sajid S Saiyad , Alkesh Vara , Samir Bhagora , Dharitri Parmar , R Dixit
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